Vocation Tier List

Discover the best Vocations in Dragon's Dogma 2 with our comprehensive tier list. Find out which classes excel in damage, support, and crowd control to conquer any challenge.

This list takes into consideration what each class offers on its own merits. So, if a class is designed for dealing damage, it’ll get rated for that. On the other hand, if the class is purely designed for support, we’ll rate it on those merits. Note that this list is purely subjective, and all classes are good enough to finish the game.

Best Vocations - S Tier

Magick Archer

If the term “Overpowered” could be used for any class, the Magick Archer would be it. This class can do everything. Want to heal? You can do it. Need to revive your Pawn? You have a special arrow that does exactly that. Do you want to deal a lot of damage? Well, Martyr’s Bolt and Ricochet Bolt deals ridiculous damage. How about crowd control? You can do that also with the Mystick Archer, simply use one of the skills such as Frostseeker Bolt, which freezes enemies in their steps. As you can see, this class excels at almost everything outside of maybe survivability, but you’ll be far enough from any enemy to take much if any damage anyway.

Thief

Another powerhouse. This is by far the best class out of the base classes, and it even competes and surpasses some advanced classes too. Predominantly a damage dealer with a side of crowd control, Thief covers a lot of bases. One of the best abilities it has is Skull Splitter (upgrade to Helm Splitter). It has reach while also dealing a lot of damage. Now, enhance the daggers to whatever the enemy is weak to, and its quick-hitting attacks will make short work of any enemy. Once the enemy is downed, use Draw and Quarter (upgrade to Gut and Run) to deal tremendous damage to its weak point. If that wasn’t enough, the Thief has some survivability thanks to Formless Feint, Shadow Veil, and Smoke Shroud (upgrade to Smoke Screen). Finally, the Thief can pull down enemies with its Implicate (upgrade to Ensnare) skill.

The Magick Archer is a jack of all trades, master of everything.

The Magick Archer is a jack of all trades, master of everything. (left), Thief’s Skull Splitter skill deals some of the most damage in the game. (right)

Mystic Spearhand

The final class sitting at the top. Even though they’re not as powerful as the other two classes, they’re better than the rest below. At first, Mystic Spearhand looks cool, but it feels like it’s lacking in a lot of areas. However, when you unlock Mirour Shelde (upgrade to Mirour Vesture), the main weakness of the Spearhand (defense) turns into short-term invulnerability for you and your nearby pawns while also being able to be used repeatedly provided you have the stamina. For damage, it has Dragoun’s Foin (upgrade to Dragoun’s Stabbe) which is a lunging attack that can hit enemies in the air, and then you have a dive attack with Skiedragoun’s Feste (upgrade to Skiedragoun’s Fangtooth). Finally, you have the powerful Wild Furie, a relentless multi-slashing attack. Another great thing about this class is it deals with both physical and magickal damage, allowing you to exploit enemy weaknesses with ease.

Best Vocations - A Tier

Sorcerer

The Sorcerer is a powerful spell caster that exploits the enemy’s weakness due to the large arsenal of spells it has access to. Alongside its powerful spells, it can hit multiple enemies at the same time. When you get the special skills Meteoron and Maelstrom the Sorcerer rises in power as these spells hit multiple enemies for devastating damage. You may ask if it’s this good, why is it an A instead of an S, and the reason would be its casting time. If you get hit while you’re charging a spell, it’ll interrupt the cast, meaning you’ll have to charge it again. You can negate this somewhat with Spellhold which allows you to store a spell but this will only work for one spell.

Warrior

Warrior is a great class with good damage while also having the ability to knock down large enemies with its charged-up Mountain Breaker (upgrade to Knoll Breaker) skill. Although it doesn’t have a shield, the Warrior takes less damage while charging which means it makes a decent tank (although not as good as Fighter) while still dishing out high damage. With a bit of support from Inspirit (upgrade to Revivify), and a taunt from Roar (upgrade to Bellow) the Warrior makes a great pseudo-tank while still dealing respectable damage. The only thing that lets the Warrior down is that it’s more difficult to play than some other classes, as you’ll need to get used to when you can charge an attack or when to time your parries. Still, the Warrior is a strong class that just falls short of the top spot.

If you want to support your party, it doesn’t get much better than a Mage.

If you want to support your party, it doesn’t get much better than a Mage. (left), The Fighter starts off strong but loses its usefulness later in the game. (right)

Mage

Mage is the ultimate support class. It heals, imbues your weapons with any element of your choice, shields you, and can silence or sleep enemies. This class would be rated S if its damage was a bit better, but for a pawn, we would rate it at S. The main spells you want to use are High Celerity (upgrade to Celerity) which increases your speed, Anodyne (Core Skill), Argent Succor (upgrade to Argent tonic) which heals over time, and any of the affinity spells. Depending on what you’re fighting, High Halidom (upgrade to Halidom) will remove any debilitations you may receive. The only thing holding back the Mage is its lackluster damage which makes playing it as a main class frustrating due to the reliance on your pawns to do the brunt of the damage.

Best Vocations - B Tier

Fighter

The Fighter does a lot of things well, but the drawback is that the game doesn’t need a tank (hopefully, the DLC will change this). It can be useful early on, and it has access to so